On clock synchronization algorithms for wireless sensor networks under unknown delay

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Leng, Mei ^a   Wu, Yik Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clock synchronization; Two way message exchange mechanism; Wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; LOW COMPLEXITY; MESSAGE EXCHANGE; PERFORMANCE BOUNDS; SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHM; TWO-WAY MESSAGE EXCHANGE MECHANISM; UNKNOWN DELAY;

ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 76849095540     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2009.2028147     Document Type: Article

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